Singapore and Sentosa

Hi again,

Last night, Van and Geoff took us for a wander around town. First stop was the Zion Riverside hawkers markets, where the average price for a really yummy meal is $3 Singapore (!) Mmmmmmm.....!
Then we boogied over to the Bugis St markets for a look, which was a rabbit warren of cheap clothes, souvenirs, fruit and vegies and assorted trinkets.
We wandered a bit more, discovering that once the shops shut at 10pm (they open around 10am), it can be hard to get a cab. Poor Geoff and Van ended up calling a cab for us and walking home themselves.

After wandering around for an hour or so yesterday before the shops opened, we decided to start a bit later today. After the humidity of the last few days (and it's pretty extreme even by our standards!), we got some welcome rain this morning.

I dragged the girls down to the Funan IT Market, which is basically a multi-storey shopping centre with 90% of the shops devoted to electronic toys and gadgets. After another great feed (about $20 SIN for the 4 of us), I set off to find some toys... Most things seem to be about 10% less than they are in Aus, with a few bargains and a few things much the same price. Saw some nice LCD and Plasma TVs at good prices, which would look nice in our lounge room, but maybe not today... After an hour or so, Rach dragged me kicking and screaming out of there...I'll head back again when the girls are otherwise occupied ;-)

Then we jumped in a cab for Mt Faber, to ride the cable car to Sentosa Island.
Cost: $46 SIN for the 4 of us (return), but you do get a great view on the way over.

Caitlin and I jumped into a luge and took the fast track down the hill to the beach.
It was thirsty work, but at $10 a can for a beer at the beach bar, we decided it could wait!

We wandered some more, checking out the 5.00pm fountain show, and then made our way back up to the cable car.

If you really want to, there are plenty of ways to empty your wallet on Sentosa, but we're saving ourselves up for VN.

Feeling a bit weary after all this walking, but I figure that every half hour of walking equates to about $5 worth of food and $50 worth of beer... Might have to revise those figures when we get to Vietnam... or not!

Not sure what we're up to tonight, but I'm sure it'll involve something that threaten's Rach's supposed "holiday diet"

:-)

Steve.